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Begun in 1986, this series of photographs charts my response to the Southwest landscapes in which humans have insinuated themselves. Specifically, I seek to juxtapose 19th century art historical notions of the sublime landscape with the ways in which we live on the land today, and thus to draw attention to our uneasy alliance with the natural world. Through this work I attempt to present a range of possibilities for these interactions. At times we appear oppositional and destructive to the land and at other times harmonious and custodial. I am interested in the myriad forms this relationship takes; humorous, ironic, dangerous, and fatalistic to list a few. The frame of the camera allows me to isolate and organize elements in the landscape that reflect our complex interactions with the land, both mythical and actual. These photographs are portraits of the land constructed and altered by human presence. |
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